Award-Winning Sake Tasting Event 2025 Kim Bergström If you're a sake connoisseur or you'd simply like to learn more about this popular Japanese beverage, this sake tastign event...
Nightlife Hanyu Natsu Matsuri 2025 Selena Hoy Saitama's Hanyu city buzzes with energy at its annual summer festival.
Culture Mizudome-no-mai 2025 Japan Travel Mizudome-no-mai is a traditional spiritual event that is known to “stop rain”, which has been around for about 680 years.
Lions Summer Festival 2025 Kim Bergström This summer, a special event brings all the fun of a summer festival to the popular Belluna Dome, which is the home of the Se...
Culture Tokyo Hula Festival 2025 Jasper Wilkins First held in 2002, the festival celebrates the friendship between Ikebukuro and Hawaii, where 13% of its residents are Japan...
Culture Nachi-no-Ogi Fire Festival 2025 Tom Roseveare The Nachi Fire Festival, or Nachi-no-Ogi Matsuri, is a vibrant and historic event held annually on July 14th at the Kumano Na...
Shopping Flea Market at Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park 2025 Lynda Hogan Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park has a long running popular flea market once a month, weather permitting. Approximately 200 ...
Culture Hakata Gion Yamakasa 2025 Elizabeth Wormald Fukuoka's most exciting festival: it's 5 am, the streets are packed, and the men are running.
Culture Umbrella Sky at Metsa Village 2025 Lynda Hogan "Forest and Lake and Umbrella" is Metsa Village's striking Umbrella Sky Project. Walk under a rainbow of umbrellas casting co...
Culture Noda Tsukumai 2025 Elizabeth S In July, Noda City and other towns on the Tone River celebrate summer with a centuries-old nighttime tradition Calle day Tsuk...
